I have not posted any thing in four weeks, so a quick update is required. I feel better prepared than I did when I made my last post. I have run 2 more 20 mile runs and the New Bedford Half Marathon over the last three weekends. Sunday I will go out for 12 miles, if Mill Village Road is not washed out ( four inches of rain is predicted).
Last year my number in the Boston Marathon was 4540, this year I ran Hartford 35 seconds faster and my number has improved to 4144. The official race information has arrived that includes a postcard that I have to bring to the race expo to retreive my number and chip. I am getting excited about the marathon. I hope the weather is not insane.
At the New Bedford Half Marathon I had a great day and ran a PR time of 86:19. This was unexpected and really wonderful. My pace was 6:35 per mile, which strikes me still as hard to believe. The great thing about this race for me was that I was not trying to run a specific time. I wanted to run the best race that I could, and I did. I ran a very measured race, and found my self running strong and fast through mile 12. I now believe that I can run a PR at Boston and I am going to keep my goals simple.
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